E-learning EnglishVisual Poetry

By: Barry Li

A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea.by Allan Cunningham

• A wet sheet and a flowing sea,A wind that follows fast,And fills the white and rustling sail,And bends the gallant mast;And bends the gallant mast, my boys,While like the eagle free,Away the good ship flies, and leavesOld England on the lee.

"O, for a soft and gentle wind!"I hear some fair one cry;But give to me the rushing breeze,And the white waves heaving high;The white waves heaving high, my lads,The good ship tight and free-The world of waters is our home, And merry men are we.

There's tempest in yon horned moon,And lightning in yon cloud;But hark the music, mariners!The wind is piping loud;The wind is piping loud, my boys,The lightning flashes free-The hollow oak our palace is,Our heritage the sea!

A wet sheet and a flowing sea

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A wind that follows fast,

like the eagle free,

Away the good ship flies, and leavesOld England on the lee

"O, for a soft and gentle wind!"I hear some fair one cry;

But give to me the rushing breeze,

And the white waves heaving high;The white waves heaving high,

My lads,The good ship tight and free-

The world of waters is our home,

And merry men are we.

There's tempest in yon horned moon

And lightning in yon cloud;But hark the music, mariners!

The wind is piping loud;The wind is piping loud, my boys,

The lightning flashes free-The hollow oak our palace is,

Our heritage the sea!

The End!